Biography

 

Distinguished biographer, producer and screenwriter, with an interest in big historical canvases and strong drama.

 

 

Selected Credits:

 

Film: LOST IN SIBERIA

 

TV: KIM and I MEASURED THE SKIES

 

Pre Production: ALBERT SCHWEITZER - NFP: Gavin Miller to direct

 

 

Full Credits:

 

Screenwriter Credits:

 

2007

SCHWEITZER

Feature film screenplay - optioned to NFP: Gavin Miller to direct: Production June 2007

 

2006     

DYNAMO

Feature film co-written with Matthew Bentley: True story of the Kiev

footballers coerced into playing against a Nazi team during the Second World War optioned to Mehdi Norowzian

 

2002

SAFE HAVEN

A feature film about Kurdish refugees, co-written with Karzan Krekar

 

1998

FLIGHT OF THE SWALLOW

Feature film script for Mischa Ltd, a love story set in Russia during the

Second World War

 

1997

MODI

Feature film script about the painter Modigliani, commissioned by Willie

Fonfé

 

1994

BATTLEMEAD

TV drama series pilot for BBC

 

1993

RAINDOGS: a feature film screenplay commissioned by Rutger Hauer.  A

Reformed murderer is released from a mental home, only to be plagued

by an escaped psycho from the same institution

 

Theatrical Films:

 

1990

LOST IN SIBERIA

Starring Anthony Andrews.  Co-writer.  Selected for Directors' Fortnight, Cannes.  Nominated for a Golden Globe, Los Angeles. "Packs a powerful theatrical punch... a real, fast-paced, multilayered pic." : Variety

 

1987

THE MATRIARCH: four-hour mini-series about Rose Kennedy for Fries Entertainment and CBS

 

1984

TRADE WIND: adaptation of the novel by M M Kaye for Geoff Reeve / CBS

 

TV Films:

 

1982

KIM

A three-hour television special for London Films and CBS network television, USA

 

CATHERINE THE GREAT

60-minute play for the Electronic Studio, commissioned by Channel 4

                                                                                                                    

I MEASURED THE SKIES

TV play, BBC: The story of Johannes Kepler, adapted from Arthur Koestler's THE SLEEPWALKERS: "Powerfully conveyed the beauty of a mind dedicated to truth...  at times very funny.  A thrilling and touching thing.'" The Guardian

 

FIFTY FIVE COLUMNS

BBC: Adapted from the Hindi.  "Shone like a gem...  a compulsive piece of

TV theatre.": Daily Express.

 

Producer Credits:

 

1988

THE LAW OF LOVE: documentary about Triad drug addicts in Hong Kong for Channel 4

 

1980-1

THE SPOILS OF WAR: episodes 8-20 for Granada TV

 

1970-4

CHILDHOOD

Drama series, later sold to American PBS: Directors included Michael Apted, Mike Newell and John Irvin: "Granada must have another set of award‑winners on their hands.": Financial Times

 

Books:

 

1981

DOROTHY L SAYERS

A biography: Gollancz, Scribners: 'Likely to be the definitive Sayers biography.": Los Angeles Times

 

1975

ALBERT SCHWEITZER

A biography: Gollancz, Putnam: "Far and away the most comprehensive and, I would say, incomparably the best biography of Schweitzer yet.": James Cameron: The Guardian

 

Biog:

 

James Brabazon's career has spanned stage, film and television, as writer, actor, story editor, director and producer.

 

Outstanding productions include THE SIX WIVES OF HENRY VIII, (story editor, BBC), CHILDHOOD (producer, Granada), PEOPLE OF NOWHERE (writer, official theatre play for World Refugee Year), and LOST IN SIBERIA, (writer and producer, feature film selected for the Directors Fortnight at Cannes and nominated for a Golden Globe.)

 

He has also written acclaimed biographies of Albert Schweitzer and crime novelist Dorothy L. Sayers.

 

His abiding interest is in the great humanitarian, Albert Schweitzer. He is involved in the creation of a web-site about Schweitzer, and is currently working on a feature film about him, as well as two other screenplays slated for production in the near future.

 

 

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